#Eye fi alternatives for mac#

The X2U Utility is now available for Mac and you can download it here. It will be very welcome news to some, whoвЂ™d invested into several cards and rely on them atВ jobs.

#Eye fi alternatives full#

So, even though this makes Eye-FiвЂ™s X2 range of cards work they way they shouldвЂ™ve done from the start, I canвЂ™t see myself going back to it full time. It may be a little more cumbersome than simply popping in an SD card, but the functionality and super fast speeds are worth it. IвЂ™ve already switched over to using the вЂњpoor manвЂ™s CamrangerвЂњ, using a hacked TP-Link router. Despite the new software, that factВ leaves a very sour taste, and many have already sought out alternatives. So, Eye-FiВ were still willing to brick the products of tens of thousands of their customers. That they didnвЂ™t suggests several things, the most obvious being that they just donвЂ™t care. They should have figured this out before callingВ EOL on their products. If not for the severe backlash received resulting fromВ their lastВ announcement, todayвЂ™s would probably never have happened. I do wonder, though, if this might be too little, too late. Transferred images will be saved to a directory of users choosing but will be organized in a date based chronological order For those that donвЂ™t automatically upload their images to вЂњthe cloudвЂќ, it actually increases functionality, even over their newer cards. With the new software, those cards will work exactly how many photographers wanted them to. TheyВ arenвЂ™t online during the events, but they needed to be online while configuring the card to log into them. Many take their own routers to events to increase range. Having to beВ online to activate & configure them has always been the biggest complaint IвЂ™ve heard from those guys. TheyвЂ™re not gunning it at 10fps, so for them, the older, slower, Class 6 cards are perfect.ДЄctivation and set-up of cards to transfer images to a PC or Mac via an infrastructure or direct network connection From there, theyВ are beamed to viewing stations. Raw files go to one card, JPG files go to the Eye-Fi in the second slot. They will often shoot RAW+JPG to cameras with dual cards slots. Most of the people I know who use Eye-Fi cards are event photographers. Perhaps ironically, I think this will make their older вЂњobsoleteвЂќ cards more popular than their current ones.

#Eye fi alternatives pro#

So, it wonвЂ™t work with their currentВ Mobi and Mobi Pro cards. Support for Pro X2 and all earlier generation products with the вЂњEye-FiвЂќ branding as well as 3rd party branded cards from SanDisk and Visioneer

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In fact, the вЂњHighlightsвЂќ list for the new software specifically statesвЂ¦ Note: Eyefi Mobi and Mobi Pro customers are not impacted by this EOL process. What they still want with their current model products. I thought maybe Eye-Fi had finally learned what their users had always wanted. One line in the email, shortly before the new software announcement I found very interesting. They also didnвЂ™t want to continue buying into a company that could brick their products at a momentвЂ™s notice. People felt like they were being forcedВ into parting with more cash for no good reason. Many users swore off ever buying any more Eye-Fi products as a result of their previous announcement. ItвЂ™sВ pretty much the only one they could have made to fix the situation.

This is basically the best response anybody couldвЂ™ve hoped for from Eye-Fi.

#Eye fi alternatives how to#

We will publish knowledge base documentation on how to set-up and use the X2U. The X2U will be provided to users free of charge as-is and without warranty or helpdesk support. Once the X2U is installed and activated, cards impacted by the EOL will have ability to continue transferring images to a desktop computer. Customers wishing to use the X2U will have to uninstall Eye-Fi Center from their computer prior to installing the new utility. This notice is to inform you that Eyefi has started work on a new desktop software utility вЂ“ the X2 Utility (X2U) for the PC and Mac вЂ“ that will permit cards impacted by the EOL continue operating beyond the deadline of September 15, 2016.ДЄs a reminder, after SeptemEye-Fi Center desktop software will no longer have the ability to configure Eye-Fi X2 and other cards impacted by the EOL.